Bar To Shut For 2 Weeks

May 04, 1994|By Hal Dardick.

Aurora — A bar known for shootings, stabbings and lesser brawls has agreed to close for 14 days rather than face a hearing and an unspecified penalty for violating a new ordinance, Mayor David Pierce said.

The ordinance, approved in September, allows a bar to be declared a nuisance for repeated criminal activity on its premises. As De Oros, 1047 Front St., has been the scene of seven incidents involving fights or weapons violations since August 1993.

Although final papers have not been signed by the Gerardo Cruz Garcia, owner of the bar, Garcia's attorney has agreed to the deal, said Pierce, the city's liquor commissioner.